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omega tau ist zu Ende, es wird keine neuen Episoden geben. In Episode 400 erklären wir warum.
Bei Fragen: voelter@acm.org
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344 – History and Development of ATLAS

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ATLAS is one of the two general-purpose experiments at the LHC. It has been conceived, designed, and built over decades by hundreds of scientists and engineers from dozens of countries and hundreds of organizations. My guest, Peter Jenni, has been the head of the ATLAS collaboration for most of this time. In this episode we talk about science and engineering, but mostly about organizational aspects and the “community management” necessary to get such a magnificent machine off the ground.

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343 – Flying and Testing the F-35

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The Lockheed F-35 Lightning II is going to be more or less what the F-16 and F-18 are today: the backbone of the US and NATO land and sea-based air forces. It is a multi-role fighter, and one of its versions has the capability to take off with a very short roll and land vertically. Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton is a test pilot who has flown all three versions of the jet. In this episode we talk about flying this fifth-gen fighter and about some aspects of the testing program. For more F-35 and Cinco check out episode 78 of the Fighter Pilot Podcast.

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342 – Immunologie

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Im Kontext von COVID-19 hören wir alle ständig Begriffe rund um unser Immunsystem und wie es Viren bekämpft – oder auch nicht. Wir dachten uns, dass wir die Grundlagen des Immunsystems etwas besser verstehen sollten. Unser Gast, Ulrich Sack, ist Professor am Uniklinikum Leipzig und dort für Immundiagnostik zuständig. Wir haben uns mit ihm über die Funktionsweise des Immunsystems unterhalten, sowie über dessen Erkrankungen.

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341 – Emergency and Intensive Care, Ventilation

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In light of the current situation, we have decided to record a couple of episodes that cover some of the relevant background in terms of biology, medicine and healthcare. In this first episode we discuss emergency care and intensive care with a special focus on ventilation. We discuss these topics in general, and also specifically to COVID-19. Our guest, Kimon and Junad, are both practicing doctors and have practical experience with these topics.

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340 – Plasma Wakefield Acceleration with AWAKE

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A major component of particle accelerators like the LHC are the actual accelerators; the current approach relies on radio frequency cavities. However, their acceleration gradient, measured in Volts per meter, is limited. This means that future accelerators, especially linear ones, will become longer and longer to reach the desired energies. A new approach to particle acceleration relies on plasma wakefields, this technology can deliver orders of magnitude more acceleration per distance. AWAKE is a proof of concept experiment at CERN that uses proton beams to produce the wake field. In this episode we chat with Edda Gschwendtner, the leader of this project.

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